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Re: [PATCH] staging: ion : Donnot wakeup kswapd in ion system alloc

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On 01/12/2016 03:14 AM, Chen Feng wrote:
> Since ion alloc can be called by userspace,eg gralloc.
> When it is called frequently, the efficiency of kswapd is
> to low. And the reclaimed memory is too lower. In this way,
> the kswapd can use to much cpu resources.
>
> With 3.5GB DMA Zone and 0.5 Normal Zone.
>
> pgsteal_kswapd_dma 9364140
> pgsteal_kswapd_normal 7071043
> pgscan_kswapd_dma 10428250
> pgscan_kswapd_normal 37840094
>
> With this change the reclaim ratio has greatly improved
> 18.9% -> 72.5%
>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Feng <puck.chen@hisilicon.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lu bing <albert.lubing@hisilicon.com>
> ---
>   drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
> index d4c3e55..b69dfc7 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
> @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
>   #include "ion_priv.h"
>
>   static gfp_t high_order_gfp_flags = (GFP_HIGHUSER | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_NOWARN |
> -				     __GFP_NORETRY) & ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM;
> +				     __GFP_NORETRY) & ~__GFP_RECLAIM;
>   static gfp_t low_order_gfp_flags  = (GFP_HIGHUSER | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_NOWARN);
>   static const unsigned int orders[] = {8, 4, 0};
>   static const int num_orders = ARRAY_SIZE(orders);
>

Makes sense given what the code is actually trying to do and the data presented
here.

Reviewed-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>

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[PATCH] staging: ion : Donnot wakeup kswapd in ion system alloc Chen Feng <puck.chen@hisilicon.com> - 2016-01-12 12:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] staging: ion : Donnot wakeup kswapd in ion system alloc Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2016-01-12 18:10 +0100

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